by Mike Edwards | Aug 21, 2013 | Behaviour, Conferences, People
When you think of today’s business world what images come to mind? There’s the classic Dilbert look of a maze of fabric covered walls. Inside each of the cubes is a person sitting at a desk. Then we fixed this by creating an open concept to offices. We...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 15, 2013 | Behaviour, Conferences, People
I once had a boss who had an issue when it came to talking to people who stopped by. He had his office arranged so when you walked in his desk was between you and him. Regardless of what you needed to discuss he had this terrible habit of not taking his hands off the...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 12, 2013 | Behaviour, Communication, Conferences, People, The Leadership Gift
We need to drive change so they will give better results. Through this change we’re going to create synergies and get rid of the dead wood. Today I heard a new one: We need to force them to do the training for their own good … to aid in adoption. When you...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 8, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility, The Leadership Gift
In my last post I talked about managers and front line workers confronting themselves. I want to share a little bit of my story to help illustrate further. In a former life as a manager of a development team I was faced with many things I believed were impeding...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 6, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility
How many times have you heard management say “if they would just adopt that Agile thing it will fix the problems!” At Agile 2013 Christopher Avery provided insight into this management mindset during his talk. It’s not hard to find organizations...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 4, 2013 | Agile, Customer, People, Project Management
Recently I was helping a team who has been struggling for a while. They seem to lack focus, direction, priorities and worse yet I believe they feel a little out of control. In other words, they’re trying to be everything to everyone. Which doesn’t seem to...
